Creating DVDs with the Casablanca has delighted users particularly thanks to its very high picture quality, great reliability, real-time conversion (DVD DICON) *) and its ease of use.
The new Version 2 now enhances the system with many long-awaited improvements.

A DVD created using the Casablanca can now be played directly on the Casablanca *). This not only applies to a newly created DVD but also to the virtual DVD that is stored on the Casablanca's hard drive. This allows users to check the (potential) final results and optimize them if necessary before actually writing the data to DVD.
The menus can now be designed with greater freedom and the backgrounds can even be created using moving video footage with sound. You can freely select the sample images and can display them in various sizes.
There are now also no restrictions when positioning on-screen elements and creating texts.

DVD-Arabesk 2 FeaturesGeneral *):

• reorganized and improved menu
• new quality setting for films longer than two hours
• selection of projects from within Arabesk
• change order of films after adding a project
• player for watching added films
• player for watching entire DVD project incl. menu
• player for finished DVDs (only DVDs without copy protection)
• supports higher burning speeds

Menu creation:

• variable size of film stamps
• any screen position for film stamps
• set frame for stamps (width, color, pattern)
• set shadow (strength, direction, color, blur)
• any color for selected films
• film titles can be added next to, below or op top of film stamps
• any position for main title
• any font for main title and film stamp titles (separately)
• text attributes (color, frame, shadow, italics) accessable
• menu background either single color, pattern or scene
• option to use animated scene incl. audio
• import complete menu screens from other products (Akaba, PiP-Studio, PC-Link,...) - completely self created menus
• Archives for saving menus (for later use)
• optional trailer film with or without menu

 

 

Be creative and design your own DVD-menus with DVD-Arabesk 2.

 

Create your own DVD-menu-backgrounds with programs like Akaba or PIP-Studio.

 

A printed manual is available for this product.

*) some features may not be available with Casablanca CLARO systems

Software requirements:
SMART EDIT 2.5/3.1

DVD-Arabesk 2 software versions:

Software versions
Version	Changes
2.4 [14.06.2006]	This free update for Arabesk 2 users contains the following changes: Changes required for the new hardware and DVD writer. Fixes problems during DVD validation. Allows for installation on Solitaire PLUS hard-drives IDE 1. Fixes audio problems on some Avio and Kron units.
2.3c [14.10.2005]	Only contains modifications for MacroSystem Louvre systems.
2.3a [02.05.2005]	Better support of 8x- DVDs DVD-menu editing in VGA mode Some minor fixes and improvements have been made
2.3 (CLARO) [08.04.2005]	Contains modifications to support CLARO systems.
2.2 [13.08.2004]	Support for the new Double-Layer DVD-writer Pioneer A08 (requires a full installation of the Smart Edit 3.5 software), writes the DVD+R (DL) format. Support for Disk-Transfer . Verifies the written DVD-data to check if the disc can be read and be played back with the internal DVD-writer. Softwarebutton to open / close the DVD-tray (important for Solitaire systems). Further minor changes and improvements.
2.1 [20.02.2004]	The following changes since V2 or Arabesk have been incorporated: It is now possible to record up to 2,5 hours of video by using the reduced picture quality (this depends on picture content and compressed audio). Information on required disc space has been improved. Various problems regarding playback of audio using the internal player have been corrected (audio sync, errors, no audio, channels reversed). To avoid problems on older Casablanca Avio units, it is not possible to playback compressed audio. This does not influence the finished DVD. Playback of DVDs, which have not been created with Casablanca, is no longer possible as this caused various problems. Many smaller problems have been fixed (chapter, multiple line texts, navigation in menu, NTSC audio, etc.).
2.0a [09.12.2003]	first release